Didier Reverdin

Didier Reverdin (13 October 1760-April 1796) was a staff officer of the French Revolutionary Army who served under Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was killed at the Battle of Savona in 1796.

Biography
Didier Reverdin was born in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir department, France on 13 October 1760, coming from a family of Third Estate bankers. Reverdin joined the French Revolutionary Army during the French Revolutionary Wars, leaving his middle-class lifestyle to fight for the First French Republic against the reactionary regimes of Europe. Reverdin became a staff officer under Army of Italy commander Napoleon Bonaparte during his 1796 Italian Campaign, and he was killed by a cannonball at the Battle of Savona, the opening battle of the campaign.